Two-year cyclosporin treatment in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Inoue, Yuji ^a   Iijima, Kazumoto ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a   Yoshikawa, Norishige ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic nephrotoxicity; Cyclosporin treatment; Minimal change nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TOXICITY; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 0033042052     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050558     Document Type: Article

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